[Eastbound]

"We are the #1 military power on Earth, but we do not have so much power that we can afford to squander that power taking out the wrong targets."

With all due respect, your timing on this is terrible. If you are speaking on behalf of the Constitution Party's philosophy at this stage of the fight, it has the aroma that once wafted across the jungles of Vietnam from the tainted lips and stinking armpits of Jane Fonda, et al.

Yes, the timing is suspect -- and to associate the sacrifice of over 500 of our fighting men and women with the word, 'squander' is beyond the pale.

Please correct me if I am mis-understanding you.

[Ahban]

I do not think you are misunderstanding me. And I care about the Truth, not whether it is a convienient time to face the Truth. I have found Truth often has a way of being inconvienient when one is on the wrong path.

There is a massive difference between my position and that of Ms. Fonda. We effected regime change in Iraq. The war is over, except for occupation matters. You can be sure I did not noise my concerns when the shooting started, I waved the flag like everyone else despite nagging doubts.

Now this President seems to be keeping us in an ongoing low-intensity conflict. If I am unpatriotic to question the administration "during a time of war" then I guess none of us will ever be able to question them again. They will just keep us at war all the time.

Much good has come from the war for the people of Iraq, if they have the strength of character to treat each other justly. In that sense the blood and treasure was not squanderd, but in terms of using blood and treasure judiciously for the benefit of our national interests I think we could have done better to keep our powder dry. We don't have $200 billion and 500 lives for every bad guy on earth, we have to save them for bad guys who are really hurting us.